yamiarizag: Sp cq street prostitutes

1. Does street prostitution take only one form (e.g., female prostitutes and male clients), or are there several different forms (e.g., homosexual or transvestite prostitution)?

Most prostitutes are females who serve to straight clients.

2. What is known about the prostitutes (e.g., age, gender, race, criminal history, social service history, substance abuse history, residence)?

Most prostitutes have been convicted, they are often young and sometimes even teenagers who struggle with substance abuse.

3. Do street prostitutes commit crimes against clients (e.g., robbery or theft)?

Prostitutes do not commit crimes against clients, they become victims of their clients.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Yes, prostitutes face violence and many other sexual offenses.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Even after sentencing, prostitutes come back to streets and continue working, this behavior is shown especially in female addicts.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

Prostitutes would move to different locations where there is high demand.

yamiarizag: Sp cq police community members

1. How concerned is the police department about street prostitution?

The police department is concerned about prostitution because it affects many civilians and now that it's growing it also affects the economy of the area.

2. How concerned is the community?

The community is concerned as they feel uncomfortable being out in public places, many want to help but their help is not requested.

3. What groups are particularly concerned and why? What specific concerns are expressed?

The groups concerned include business owners because people they are running out of business, implement new rules or close early.

4. How organized and active are community members who oppose street prostitution?

People get together and try to come up with a solution, local worship places, counselors and people in the medical field offer rehabilitation programs

5. What level of street prostitution are they willing to tolerate?

People say that as long as they stay out of their sight they would tolerate it. They will stop when they have direct contact.

yamiarizag: Sp cq environment

1. Does street prostitution take place in more than one area?

Yes, prostitutes often move around, they will go to big events or places that bring more guys to the city.

2. What conditions make the area(s) attractive for street prostitution?

Conditions that make the area attractive for prostitution are: weak traffic flow, poor lightning, no cops around, big events hosted and hotels.

3. If street prostitution occurs in several areas, how are they similar and different?

In more "private" areas or in general where there is money, prostitutes will get more clients because its safer. But for the ones who work in dangerous places they will get treated badly and have drug addictions.

4. What area businesses are harmed by the presence of street prostitution?

Stores that have nothing to do with prostitution are harmed the most, for instance the furniture stores because clients get uncomfortable by walking that area.

5. What area businesses support and/or benefit from street prostitution?

Business that support prostitution are bars and clubs because they let them in as long as they pay extra and clients will go more often.

6. Is the street prostitution market in each area old or new? Has it changed in size recently? If so, why?

The street prostitution market is old, but it has changed recently because it grew by 12%.

7. Do street prostitution areas have a reputation as being dangerous or safe for clients?

Prostitution areas are safe for clients because they "protect" their identity and have no risk of being caught by the police.

8. Are street prostitution areas isolated, or busy with other activities?

Street prostitution areas are small and they get busy because they are close to big events where they know clients will appear.

9. What other types of crime occur in the area? How much is related to street prostitution?

Other types of crime in the area include car burglaries, drug arrests, robberies and sex offenders.

10. If street prostitution were forced out of a target area, where would you predict it might reappear?

In areas with high movement and low police presence.

yamiarizag: Sp cq sexual transactions

1. How, specifically, do street prostitutes and clients negotiate and complete sexual transactions?

They complete sexual transactions in public places, like the restroom of a bar or in poor lightning places.

2. Do clients solicit prostitutes on foot or from a vehicle?

Clients solicit prostitutes from vehicles as they can approach faster and more "privately".

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Sexual transactions take place in private areas, usually in places with hotels around or where the traffic flow benefits them.

4. Do prostitutes and clients take precautions to prevent sexually-transmitted disease?

Prostitutes prefer the use of condoms but if they are drug addicts they are less likely to stay protected.

yamiarizag: Sp cq pimps

1. Do the prostitutes work for pimps or others who profit from their income?

One of the victims said that they don't work for pimps but they do have people who benefit from them for instance, managers at the bars let them work there for a price.

yamiarizag: Sp cq drugs

1. To what extent are street prostitutes, clients and pimps engaged in the sale or use of drugs?

Prostitutes are often the victims of drugs. The people who want to benefit from their exploitation give them substances so that they continue bringing them money.

2. Are street prostitution and street drug markets near each other?

Yes, most of the time drug markets and prostitution are affiliated.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes, prostitutes will exchange sex for drugs, especially when it comes to a regular client.

yamiarizag: Sp cq current response

1. What is the police department's current policy in dealing with street prostitution?

The department added more police on the streets because they want to be "present" and make cop females go undercover to collect information about clients.

2. What is the prosecutor's current policy regarding prostitution-related offenses?

The prosecutor wants to add more laws that prohibit prostitution.

3. What are the typical sentences handed out to those who are convicted?

Those who are convicted either get arrested and go to jail or pay bail and leave.

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

Most of the time, clients pay their leave and prostitutes have to face consequences in jail depending on the situation.

5. What effect, if any, does the imposition of a sentence have on subsequent involvement in prostitution?

The punishment does not have an effect on dealing with prostitution because after their sentence many people return to the streets. It is a cycle.

6. What responses do police officers use, other than arrest and prosecution?

Officers have been interviewing people, making more arrests and going undercover to collect more accurate information.

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

The responses give us a better understanding of the situation but it is not being effective because the problem keeps growing.

8. What social, health and substance abuse treatment services are available to assist prostitutes?

Many community members want to help solve these problem, for instance, the church offers a drug training and rehabilitation program, there's also shelters they can go to with different resources.

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

Prostitutes do not use these services regularly as they try to avoid them because of their addictions or fear of violence.

yamiarizag: Sp cq clients johns

1. What is known about the clients (e.g., age, race, occupation, socio-economic status, marital status, criminal history, residence)?

They are usually older, in their 30's, most of them get arrested for assaulting or soliciting an undercover cop. Clients are "normal people" with "normal life", meaning, they have a family or a job. Clients will not go out of their way to find prostitutes, they usually do it before getting home, it's like a routine.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

As long as they feel "safe" doing so. Many clients reported that they go to places where you can easily make transactions, poor lightning places or somewhere you can just drive by.

3. What groups are particularly concerned and why? What specific concerns are expressed?

Clients with family/jobs are concerned that people who know them find out about the things they do on the streets. They want to keep doing illegal things but without compromising their image.

4. How committed are they to soliciting prostitutes on the street or in a particular area?

They look for regulars, they will usually get with the same girl they have been with before in places they know police is not around.

CesarZ: Sp cq environment

1. Does street prostitution take place in more than one area?

on Scotts Ave. Theres an upper and lower, and multiple blocks from Secrets inn (200 Scott Ave.) to the Rec Plex (1400 Scott Ave.), with hotspots at bars, malls, drycleaners, liquor stores, and industrial lots. With each area of soliciting, loitering, and harm to businesses.

In bars and clubs' clients walk up to prostitute and start mingling,
Retail and service shops prostitutes and clients loiter outside
Industrial area where clients and prostitute do their acts and leave.

When enforcement pushes them out the area, so they have to relocate next street over or neighborhood, a pattern notices by business owners and community leaders

2. What conditions make the area(s) attractive for street prostitution?

Run down locations with little surveillance
High drug activity
Abandoned buildings or motels
Busy nightlife or retail zone
poor lighting and weak enforcement

3. If street prostitution occurs in several areas, how are they similar and different?

Visible solicitation
Quick negotiation
Public Discomfort
Drug Link
Displacement

4. What area businesses are harmed by the presence of street prostitution?

Secret inn reputation damage hourly rooms
Bars and clubs' patrons deterred, college students hiring prostitutes, risk of aids.
Dry cleaners and liquor store where prostitutes solicit in front of the store, lost sales, and reputation harmed
Large Facilities like the mall and rec where families and kids are exposed, reputation damaged to community space
Industrial where employees' cars are getting broken into, safety concerns

5. What area businesses support and/or benefit from street prostitution?

Bars/Clubs increased patron traffic when prostitutes mingle with customers.

Hotel/Motel profit from hourly rooms and rentals used for transactions.

6. Is the street prostitution market in each area old or new? Has it changed in size recently? If so, why?

It had excited for years, tied to drug use and nightlife.

Recently, it increased in size due to rising addiction, weak enforcement, and demand shifting between neighborhoods.

7. Do street prostitution areas have a reputation as being dangerous or safe for clients?

They can be safe and dangerous depending on the circumstances of the area and how safe the location is

8. Are street prostitution areas isolated, or busy with other activities?

Isolated spots: Side Street, alleys, abandoned buildings, and motel rooms where encounters happen discreetly.

Busy areas: Bars, malls, liquor stores, and parking lots where prostitution mixes with everyday business activity and family traffic

9. What other types of crime occur in the area? How much is related to street prostitution?

Assaults
Robberies
Drug Offenses
Property Crime

10. If street prostitution were forced out of a target area, where would you predict it might reappear?

Next street or neighborhood over
City or town over
Vulnerable spots
next accessible location

CesarZ: Sp cq sexual transactions

1. How, specifically, do street prostitutes and clients negotiate and complete sexual transactions?

Clients solicit prostitutes on foot or car
Eye contact, gesture, or brief verbal cues signals interested

prostitute approaches the client and quickly discusses terms, negotiation last 1 min.
They agree on type of service and price

25 min for sex
10 - 15 min oral
Payment in cash or drugs, before or after the fact, depending on trust or control of the pimp

2. Do clients solicit prostitutes on foot or from a vehicle?

On foot: Some clients approach directly in public spaces

From car: Many drive slowly through known areas, making eye contact or gestures, then negotiate terms before leaving to destination

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Cars, abandon building, warehouse and lots.

Bill Webster Secret Inn rents rooms hourly
Gary's Conway's Peachtree Mall and mike Sneads's Rec Plex saw soliciting spill into family spaces

Frank Bassell's Mason Engineering Reported activity employee parking lot

4. Do prostitutes and clients take precautions to prevent sexually-transmitted disease?

prostitute put condoms on regularly to reduce risk of STD.

Sometimes clients refuse to use condoms, preferring unprotected sex.

Kathy Wilkes noted discarded condoms and syringes in public spaces.
Public Health concern is the inconsistent use of protection contributes to high rates of STD's and HIV risk in the streets where prostitution is.

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